Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-15

add to it virtue, and knowledge.
and temperance. and patience. and
GOODNESS. and. brotherly kindness.
and charity. Paul says to the Phil
lippians. we are to give our minds to
whatsoever things arc honest, just
and pure. and lovely. and of good re-
port, and. in a word. to every thing
that has virtue in it and is worthy OF
praise. If we do these things. says
Peter, we shall neither be idle nor
unfrui'ful;' nor shall we in such case
fall away from Col and grace. but
| shall have an abundant entrance
| ministered unto us into the eyerlast-
| ing kingdom of our Lord and Saw
iour;" but if we neglect these things
| we grow near-sighted as to Heaven.
and become entangled again in the
! world as was Lot in Sodom. and shall
scarcely be saved.
r affecting on these things we can
not but call to mind many disciples
who seem not to have given much at
tention to an all-round development
of Christian life. Some are conspicu-
Gus for their knowledge of the
Word. which they use to teach
others withal. and sometimes in a
rather hard an d censorious Wv SO
that we have often wished that they
might practice more widely some of
The things they so carefully teach.
Some ar. gifted in PRAYER and exhor-
tatiOn. but are not mindful of service
outside The prayer-meeting or confer
ence room. Some are rea ly and will
ing to give money. but they have neg
lected other gifts that are in them, and
are of no sccount in the spiritual work
Of the church. Some are honest and
pure in their lives. but are fitful and
unpleasant in their tempers, lacking
kindness and courtesy in their inter-
course with men. We are reminded
of one good brother who is widely
known for his many and sometimes
large gifts. but who is so surly and
ugly, or at least brusque in his man
ners and bearing to those who seek his
aid, that many would rather go with
out the help he would certainly give
them than encounter his sometimes
savage and uncharitable remarks.
Some are gifted with great powers OF
leadership. and are in that regard do
ing great service TO God; but they are
so unmindful of the sent.er graces OF
Christ that they lord it over Gods
heritage. and run ''rough-shod'' over
many Of the less pushing brethren
about them; their masterfulncss is
good. but their lack of bro;herly kind
ness almost spoils The good they do.
We need not pursue the subject. 1t
is plainly evident that symmetrically
developed neral and spiritual char
acter is just rs desirable in its way
rs symmetrical physical develop
ment is desirable in its way.
A man SIX feet six inches high is not
an unsecmly man if he is large pro-
portionally. Large features are not
unlandsome. if all are large; but if
one feature, mouth. nose or ear should
be enormously large. while the other
features of the face were normal or
abnormally small. the owner of the
face so disfigured would be an Object
IF unpleasant observation. Well, so
are some Christians. who have de-
veloped one. or perhaps two. graces
or gifts abnorma!ly. hut have neglected
20 cultivate an all-around character:
Fl is bit of good advice which the
apostle gave to the Corinthians. and
may be applied to many other graces
beside thas of giving: See that We
abound in this grace also. ~. T.
Independent.